Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2605, Joshua Emery, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental mass
Emery, Joshua Abigail
No. 2605 B. L. Wt. 11415-160-55-
CONTENTS

Maine 17.494/2
Joshua Emerij of Gorham — in the state of Maine who was a private — in the regiment commanded by Colonel Shinnery of the Mass's line, for the term of One year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine, at the rate of 8. Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of April. 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of June 1820 and sent to the Armory Debtor 49.5 Bath Maine — 3
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1820 — $177-83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1820: 48— 22 mo. 3/30 4/31 $225.83
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
No. 13 Page 44 continued
Application dated July 11 th 1820 to John H. Hovey Esq Bath Maine

2,396
1887 Jan'y 8 J. S. Hopkins with history Pm 50
Waine Abigail Emery widow of Joshua Emery who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Mass Sine
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of October 1853 and sent to
Freeman Bradford Portland Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 3. Vol. 1
Reg 3 rd an 55-89552
C. S. G.
1818

I Levi Hall of Gorham in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine (former ly Massachusetts) Esquire testify and say that "I now live & have lived several years within a few rods of Mr. Emery Joshua Emery of Gorham aforesaid, who has has applied for a pension as a revolutionary soldier - He is in very reded circumstances. has no property and is between sixty & seventy years old, - He has been three times committed to gaol for debt within a short time & has taken the poor prisoners oath, to obtain his liberty - he has several children to support & if he should not be able to labor all the while would not be able to live without being absolutely a charge upon the town I believe he stands in need of support as much as most men who are poor - & further your deponent saith not Levi Hall
Cumberland Js March 22 nd 1820 The above named Levi Hall this day made oath before me of the above facts by him his subscribed & I know said Hall to be the man of credibility, and intitled to belief in any place where his testimony is used -
Moses Little Justice of the Peace

I Herkiah Frost of Windham in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine (formerly a part of Massachusetts) Esquire testify and say that I live within two miles of Mr. Joshua Emery's. He lives in Gorham in said County. I have long been acquainted with him. - He is an aged man has several children & is very poor. I know of no real or personal estate which he has in the world. He is in such reduced circumstances as have driven him to go to gaol in this County & take the poor prisoners oath in order to relieve himself from imprisonment for debt three times. And it is by incessant labor that he is able to, moderately support his family. The merest fit of sickness, or misfortune would render him a pauper & the town would have to entirely support him - if any man stands in need of support from his Country I believe he does. and farther your deponent saith not Windham March 22 nd 1820. Herkiah Frost
Cumberland ss March 21 1820. The above named Herkiah Frost this day made oath before me of the above facts by him subscribed and I know said Frost to be a man of credibility and intitled to belief in any place where his testimony is used - Moses Little Justice of the peace
State of Maine Cumberland ss. The Subscriber Clerk of the Court within & for said County certify that on the day of the date of the above certificate signed by Moses Little he was a Justice of the peace legally appointed & qualified as such for the County aforesaid & that the signature thereto is his - In testimony whereof I do hereto set my hand & the County Seal this 24 th April A.D. 1820. Geo Bradbury

1852, at 5 years
April 23/55
Abigail Emery Joshua Emery, Concord Piscataqua - Maine.
Map: Const. line.
415
Revolutionary War Ad 60 yrs, Dec: 5/55. 1845-1853 - Ad 80 yrs.
Emery
Freeman Bradford Portland Maine
F. Bradford. Nov: 20/55.
Vol. E. 101.

Lorinda Emery.
Application for a pension pr-
Phinney - '76. OM 4/
28 th Apr 1878 -
Joshua Emery.
m ay 4 th P er sonal '76 to Dec. Wolde's Comp. Phinney's Est.
Judge's certificate
certificate of reduced
Proof of service required. Judge's certificate of reduced circumstances, and seal of the Court, wanting.
(6.702)

State of Maine
County of Cumberland. In Testimony that the within named William Widgey was on the day of the date of his several certificates contained on this Sheet was One of the Associate Justices of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the first Eastern Circuit and that the signatures thereto are the said Widgey's I subscribe my name & affix the County Seal this 24th day of April
A. D. 1820
Geo Bradbury

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } Cumberland COUNTY, ss. }
April 28th AD 1818
To the Hon. William Welzery - one of the associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, (called the for the first Eastern circuit in said State) which is a Court of record in the State of Massachusetts.
The Declaration under Oath of Joshua Emery formerly a Private soldier engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the town of Gorham county of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts, respectfully sheweth,
THAT the said Emery served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for the term of twenty months on the Continental establishment that he is a resident citizen of the United States at Gorham aforesaid and that by reason of your applicant's reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support being now in his sixty second year. And your applicant further represents that in the service aforesaid he belonged in his said capacity as a private soldier to Capt Samuel Leighton's company of the Regiment commanded by Col. Edmund Piney of said Gorham of the Massachusetts line that he entered the service on or about the last of April or the first of May AD 1775 & that he left the said service in Decr. of the same year. Afterwards that he enlisted in the company of Captain Silas Wilde of Braintree in said State in the regiment of said Col. Piney as a private soldier in the said war for the term of one year. on said establishment that he entered said year's service in January AD 1776. and was honorably discharged in Decr. of the same year at Ticonderoga in New York State
& that no discharge were given to any particular private when  such as was discharged from said service at either of the aforesaid times -
And the declaration further sheweth, that the said Emery Emery is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the town of Gorham county of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts, and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support
Therefore the said Emery conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit
Emery

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided.
Joshua Emery
Sworn and subscribed before me this } Wm Widgeon Judge of the circuit court of 28 th day of April 1818, }  common pleas for the first eastern circuit in Massachusetts.
Personally appeared and being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say that personally acquainted with
Sworn and subscribed before me this } day of _____ 1818, }

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } COUNTY, ss. }
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 28 th day of April — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen , before me William Widgeon one of the Associate Justices of the the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, called the first Eastern Circuit — of Massachusetts, which is a Court of record, personally appeared the aforesaid Joshua Emery
who being by me duly sworn to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration and having sworn as aforesaid
WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said Emery did serve in the War of the United States in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said appli- cant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, this 28 th — day of April — in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen..
Wm Widgeon Judge etc
State of Maine County of Cumberland ss Portland April 24. 1820 — I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Horatio Frost and said Levi Hall whose depositions of the reduced circumstances of the applicant are hereto annexed, and that I know them to be men of truth and credibility and entitled to belief in any place, and I further testify that I have no doubt of the poverty and reduced circumstances of the applicant and that the facts contained in the said annexed depositions are all true — Wm Widgeon — one of the Associate Justices of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit

State of Maine
County of Cumberland. In Testimony that the within named William Widgeon was on the day of the date of his several certificates contained on this Sheet was One of the Associate Justices of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the first Eastern Circuit and that the signatures thereto are the said Widgeon's I subscribe my name & affix the County Seal this 24th day of April
A. D. 1820
Geo Bradbury

219. Joshua Emery Copy
17. 1894
12 June 1820
(Sep 1820)
Antigua
£30.00
Mr. John Emery
...the said John Emery... ...the said John Emery... ...the said John Emery...

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland — within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth . . . day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty second day of June . . . in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this twenty second day of June . . . in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having “the power of fine and imprisonment,” and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Joshua Emery . . . . aged sixty four . . . . years, resident in Gorham . . . . in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private . . . in the company commanded by Capt Leighton & Wilds in the Regiment commanded by Colonels Seamans & Phinney in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 28 th . . . day of April . . . A. D. 1818 , and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 17491, . . . was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 ; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled “An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818 : and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me ; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed ; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Joshua Emery
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty second day of June . A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
} U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — I have none —
Personal estate — one cow — one swine — I live in a small house I do not know — I have a few necessary utensils in the house — I have no income, but my daily earnings — I am justly owing three hundred and fifty dollars
Joshua Emery
Sworn to June 22. 1820.
Before Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Joshua Emery, who, by occupation am a Wheelwright, which I am not able to pursue by reason of age and infirmity
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife, Abigail. 44 able to do housework   Sueretta. 8 children unable to support themselves   Hannah. 4  
Joshua Emery
Sworn to
Before
Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is thirty . . . . . dollars and eighty five . . . cents. and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty second day of June . . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$30.85

Cumberland ss. I Josiah Pierce Judge of Probate do further certify that the within named Abigail Emery declarant, is unable to attend Probate Court in Portland by reason of bodily infirmity for which reason I took said declaration and administered the oath to said declarant at the Inn of John Bawyer Esq Raymond near his residence Josiah Pierce

State of Maine } Es. County of Cumberland }
On this twenty ninth day of June A. D. 1853, personally appeared before me the Hon Josiah Pierce Judge of Probate in & for said County Abigail Emery _____ a resident of Essex in the County of Cumberland aged Seventy six years, who being sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed February 3d 1853
And your declarant states that She is _____ the widow of Joshua Emery late of Gorham in the State of Maine deceased, who was a Soldier in in the war of the Revolution. on continental establishment and a Pensioner of the United States under the act of 1818 at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum. For proof of her husband's service she refers the Commissioner of Pensions to her said husband's declaration and accompanying proof now on file in Washington.
And the said declarant further states, that she was married to the said Joshua Emery by Hezekiah Frost on the Month _____ day of April  1819 at Gorham _____ and that her name before marriage was Abigail  Whitney Whitney _____ and that her husband Joshua Emery died in Gorham on the sixth day of April 1827 as will appear by the testimony annexed.
She therefore claims a pension under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.
Witness Josiah Pierce _____ Abigail  her _____ _____ mark Emery
Then personally appeared the above named Abigail Emery and made oath to the declaration by her signed, on the day and year first above written.
Before me,
Josiah Pierce Judge.

State of Maine.
County of Cumberland ss.
On this Fourth day of April A. D. 1855 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Abigail Emery a resident of Leasco in said County and State, aged 78 years, who being duly sworn, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain Bounty Land, under the Act of Congress passed March 3 d, A. D. 1855.
And your declarant further states that she is the widow of Joshua Emery late of Gorham in the State of Maine that her said husband Joshua Emery was a Soldier of the Revolution, on a continuous establishment and a pensioner of the United States under the Act of March 18, 1818 at the rate of $8. per month which pension he drew to the time of his death which took place on the 6th day of April 1827. To her husband's declaration she refers for evidence of service. She further declares that she has not received Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress and she be lieves that her husband never received Bounty Land in his lifetime.

YOUR DECLARANT FURTHER STATES, that she was married to the said Joshua Emery in on the month  day of April A.D. 1819 , at Gorham in said State, and that her name before marriage was Abigail Whitney .
And your declarant further states, that after the passage of the Act of Congress of Feby 3d 1853 she made application for a Pension, on which application a pension was granted her at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum, as will appear by her Pension Certificate, dated the Eleventh day of October A.D. 1853 No. 2396 .
For proof of marriage, her husband's service in the Revolutionary War, and his death, and of your declarant's identity, she refers to her declaration and proof for a Pension, now on file in the Department of the Interior, at Washington.
She therefore claims Bounty Land under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.
And for the purpose of this application, I hereby appoint F. Bradford of Portland my true and lawful Attorney in the premises.
Attest,
Frost Staples
Abigail Emery
Ephraim Whitney
Ephraim Whitney
Sworn to and subscribed, before me, the day and year first above written, and in my presence acknowledged
the Power of Attorney thereto subjoined, for the purposes above mentioned. And I hereby certify that I believe  know the said Abigail Emery to be the person who performed  she  the military service aforesaid, and to be of the age above stated.
represents herself to be in her declaration, and that I have no interest in this claim
John Sawyer Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine County of Cumberland Town of Gorham (a) One thousand eight hundred and nineteen. April third. Joshua Emery entered his name and purpose of Marriage, with Abigail Whitney both of Gorham. Attest. William H. Foster Town Clerk.
I Certify that the above is a true copy of the record of the Intentions of Marriage of said parties, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the record, in fair legible figures, as follows:— (b)
1819, April 3 d .
William B Harding Town Clerk of Gorham
I, William B. Harding above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county, and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy of the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
William B Harding } Clerk of the Town of Gorham
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this fourth day of July — A. D. 1853
Josiah Pierce Justice of the Peace.
(a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full.
(b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record.

April 19, 1940
located at aw
BA-J/AWF Joshua Emery W. 2605
The Quartermaster General Memorial Branch War Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Joshua Emery who died April 6, 1827, in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine.
The data which follow were obtained from claims for pension and bounty land on file under W. 2605, based upon the military service of Joshua Emery, in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of Joshua Emery, and names of his parents were not given.
Joshua Emery enlisted sometime in April or May, 1775, served as a private until in the month of December, 1775, in Captain Samuel Leighton's company, in Colonel Scammon's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted January 1, 1776, served one year in Captain Silas Wild's company, in Colonel Edmund Phinney's regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 28, 1818, at which time he was in the sixty-second year of his age, and a resident of Gorham, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (District of Maine). He died April 6, 1827, in Gorham,

Maine.
The soldier, Joshua Emery, married about April 3, 1819, in Gorham, Maine, Abigail Whitney. The date and place of her birth, and names of her parents were not given. Joshua Emery and Abigail Whitney, at the time of their marriage, were both of Gorham, Maine.
The widow, Abigail Emery, was allowed pension on her application executed June 29, 1853, at which time she was seventy-six years of age, and living in Casco, Cumberland County, Maine. She was allowed, also, one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on her application executed April 1855, then living in Casco, Maine.
Reference was made in 1820 to the following children of the soldier, Joshua Emery- Lucretia, aged eight years, and Hannah, aged four years.
Mary Proctor, sister of the widow, Abigail Emery, was seventy-nine years old, in 1853, and a resident of Casco, Maine.
In 1853, Elijah Emery was sixty years of age then living in Windham, Maine, and Ephraim Whitney, in 1855, was a resident of Casco, Maine. They both stated that they were well acquainted with soldier, and his wife, Abigail, but did not give any relationship.
The papers on file in these claims contain no further discernible data in regard to family.
The application for headstone for Joshua Emery is returned herewith. There was no correspondence enclosed.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

19 April 19 - leicestershire - P.R. - 1853
Today
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2605
Abigail Emery Widow
Joshua Emery Pri. Rev W
Act: Feb 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 217
[Arrangement of 1870.]

OFFICIAL BUSINESS. Bounty Land Claims
Additional Evidence in Suspended No. 89,532
J. M. [Signature] Hon. L. P. WALDO, Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City,
D. C.
89552
Abigail Emerg and Joshua
Boston

OFFICIAL BUSINESS. Bounty Land Claims.
Hon. L. P. WALDO,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City,
D. C.
89552

Ph: Oct 15 3 , Me,
Joseph H. W.

Indian Office, Nov. 29 th 1855.
Sir: Ans. 1  and  and

5 11415
S How Arms

Ans. Feb. 1853.
Copy. of Abi- gail Emery, in own of Ithaca, Cambridge co.,
Me.
0.20
Recd 3 rd Feb. 1853. $96.00 Per An Com Feb: 3, 1853, Rw.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business
Freeman Bradford, Portland, Me.

Furnon Office, 7 th Oct. 1853,
Sir, Please Certify the time to which the within name pensioner was paid, or the date of his death, Very Respectfully,
S. Cole, For the Commissioner, Joshua Emery, Act 1818 $8. p. month. — Paid to 4 th March 1827, no date of death in our Books.
J. Burt Auditor.
Francis Burt, Esq., King's Auditor, Reading,

Additional Evidence in Suspended Bounty Land Claim of Abigail Emery (widow of Joshua) No. 89,532 - Act of 3 Mar. 1853 War of the Rev.
Freeman Bradford Portland Maine

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, November 27 th 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Joshua Emery is borne on pay roll of Capt. Samuel Merrill's Comp. in Major Gay's Regt. for the purpose of reinforcing the Northern Army, from Sept. 30. to Nov. 6. th 1777 1 month 9 days, hard included, as private. Roll dated Hanukill March 3. 1778. Also on pay roll of Capt. Silas Wilds Comp. Col. Edmund Phinney's Regt. from Jan'y 1. to Dec 8. th 1776, as Corporal. Roll dated, Garrison, Fort George, Dec. 8. 1776.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. McWright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855. REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE,
Wormer, 20 th 1855.
Sir:
The claim of Abigail Emery, for bounty land under the act of the 3d of March, 1855, No. 89,552 has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of Joshua Emery, the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.
Very respectfully,
J. MINOT, Commissioner.
Freeman Bradford Esq Portland, Me.
You are referred to the Secy of State of Mass: for Oral Evidence as the Solier alleged he served under Capt. Loughton in 1776 & Col. Plummer & under Capt. Woodie Head. Plummer for service in 1776 & 7. Cont.

Rec. Evs "Apr. 27" "Brynton"

Brief in the case of Abigail Emery, Widow of Joshua, Cumberland County and State of Maine, act 3 d Feby: 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 18 th March, 1818: H. Ont.
Recomp evidence of marriage,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Freeman Bradford Esq., Fortland,
Name and residence of Agent
Me:
J. J. Bryant, Examining Clerk.

I Eastman Hutchings of Alfred in the county of York and Commonwealth of Massachusetts - testify and say that Joshua Emery now of Gorham in the county of Cumberland enlisted in the Continental Service in the revolutionary war in January in the year 1776 in the Company commanded by Capt. Silas Wild in Col. Edmund Phinney's regiment for the term of one year and was stationed at Cambridge and continued there until the British troops evacuated the town of Boston in the month of March following then the said regiment went into Boston and continued there until about the eighth of August then the said regt left Boston and marched to Ticonderoga and that said Emery continued in said Company and did duty as a good and faithful soldier until the last of December and then was discharged the Service. I further say that I enlisted in the same Company and about the same time. Said Emery did and continued in the Company until the last of December and was personally acquainted with said Emery. Alfred 14 July 1819
Eastman Hutchings
York ss. 14 July 1819 - Personally appeared before me Henry Holmes Esq. vice of the Justices of the Peace for & within the county of York, Eastman Hutchings above named & made solemn oath that foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true. And I the said Justice Henry Holmes Esq. do certify that the said Eastman Hutchings is a man of veracity, to be believed at all times & on all occasions. & that he sustains a highly respectable character. Henry Holmes, Jus. Peace

District of Maine ss: Aug. 1819 -
I hereby certify that the within named Henry Holmes is a justice of the peace within & for the within named County of York Me.
Attest.
I, the subscriber, clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the county of York, hereby certify that Henry Holmes Esquire, whose name is affixed to the within certificate, is a Justice of the peace within and for said county, duly qualified to act as such - and that the same is his proper hand writing -
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty
William B. Sewall.

I Levi Hutchings of Alfred in the County of York and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify and say that Joshua Emery now of Gorham in the County of Cumberland enlisted in the Continental Service in the revolutionary war in January in the year 1776 in the Company commanded by Capt. Silas Wild in Col. Edmund Phinney's regiment for the term of one year and was stationed at Cambridge and continued there until the British troops evacuated the Town of Boston in the month of March following then the said Regiment went into Boston and continued there until about the eighth of August the same year then the said Regiment left Boston and marched to Bunker Hill and that said Emery continued in said Company as a good and faithful soldier until the last of December and then was discharged the service
I further say that I was in said Company and enlisted about the same time said Emery did and continued until the first of January 1777 and was personally acquainted with said Emery
Alfred, July 14 th 1819
Levi Hutchings
Yorks 14 July 1819 Personally appeared before me Henry Holmes Esq. one of the justices of the peace for the within the county of York - Levi Hutchings above named made solemn oath that the foregoing affi- davit by him subscribed is true - And I the said Henry Holmes do certify that the said Levi Hutchings is a man of veracity to be believed at all times & on all occasions & that he sustains a highly respectable reputation
Henry Holmes, Jus. Peace

District of Maine
Portland 15 August
AD 1819
I hereby certify that the within named Henry Holmes a justice of the peace within and for the the said named County of York. Me
Attest.
I the subscriber, clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the county of York, hereby certify that Henry Holmes esquire, whose name is affixed to the within certificate is a Justice of the peace within and for said county, duly qualified to act as such, and that the same is his proper hand writing -
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this fourteenth day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty.
William B. Sewall

I, Mary Proctor of Coaseo in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath depose and say that I am 79 years of age and have been well acquainted with Abigail Emery now a resident of Coaseo for more than 68 years last past. I was also well acquainted with her late husband Joshua Emery who was reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States. I am a sister of Abigail Emery and know that she was married to the said Joshua Emery about thirty five years ago and after said marriage, the said Joshua and Abigail lived together as husband and wife to the time of his death which took place in the spring of 1827 Abigail Emery has not been married since the death of her husband the said Joshua Emery and is now a widow.
Mary Proctor
Cumberland ss August 2 nd 1853 Then personally appeared the abovenamed Mary Proctor a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her signed Before me John Sawyer Inst: Pease

I. John Sawyer of Raymond in the County of Cumberland on oath depose and say that I was well acquainted with Joshua Emery late of Gorham from the year 1819 to the time of his death which took place in the year 1827 according to my best knowledge and belief - I lived a near neighbor to him during the period above said and knew him and his wife well. He was a revolutionary pensioner of the U.S. and received a pension of 96 dollars per annum - Said Joshua Emery was married to Abigail Whitney about the time I became acquainted with him say in 1819 and the said Abigail lived with him as his wife to the time of his death, which took place in the spring of 1827, as I was present at his funeral and was living at that time in the neighborhood where he was buried Abigail Emery has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband as aforesaid and is now a widow and was at the time she made her declaration and is the widow of the aforesaid

Joshua Emery the Revolutionary Pensioner - above described. John Sawyer
State of Maine . Cumberland ss - Aug. 3 d , 1853 - Personally appeared the aforementioned John Sawyer to me well known to be a man of truth and a credible and disinterested witness, and made oath that the foregoing affidavit  statement by him subscribed is true -
Before me - David P. Butler Justice of the Peace
Chas. William Severy
2 Aug. 53
First Tuesday in August 1853 - three weeks after weeks D. P. Butler Justice of the Peace

I Elijah Emery of Windham in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine aged sixty years on oath depose and say that I was well acquainted with Joshua Emery formerly of Gorham in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine I was well acquainted with him for more than twenty five years before his death which took place in the year 1827
I further say that the that the said Joshua Emery was married to Abigail Whitney in the spring of the year 1819 but not having any record of the marriage at hand I am unable to state the exact date as to month or day of the month and the said Joshua and Abigail lived together from the time of the marriage as husband and wife until the death of the said Joshua and the said Abigail now lives in Casco in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine and remains the widow of the said Joshua never having married since his death I further say that the said Joshua Emery was a Pensioner at the time of his death at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum
Elijah Emery
Cumberland ss August 9 1858 Then personally appeared Elijah Emery to me well known to be a witness of truth and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed according to his best knowledge and belief
Before me
John Sawyer Justice of the Peace

Abigail Emery 3 rd Feby 1853
Joshua
Rev
1853
Rev
Freeman Bradford Portland Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND
August 17th A. D. 1853
I, Charles C. Harmon,
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND , being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that said Supreme Judicial Court is the Supreme Court of Probate, that the Hon. Josiah Pierce is Judge of Probate within and for the County of Cumberland, and also an acting Justice of the Peace within and for each and every County throughout said State; and that John Sawyer and David P. Baker Esquires, are  is and at the date of his  their certificate to the paper hereto annexed, was an  were
Acting Justices of the Peace.
within and for _____ the County of Cumberland  are as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that they are DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgements of deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid—and that the following SIGNATURE, purporting to be his  theirs are GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court , for said State, the day and year first above written.
C. C. Harmon, Clerk.

89.552 Claim of Abigail Emery
To Bounty Land.
Act of March 3, 1855.
WAR OF the Rev.
Freeman Bradford PORTLAND, Maine.

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, April 19 185 5 .
I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
John Sawyer Esquire
is, and at the date of his Certificate to the papers hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for _____ the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take Acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid,—and that the following Signature , purporting to be his
(are) GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
O. G. Cook CLERK.

WE, Ephraim Whitney and Frost Staples residents of Coasco in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, being of lawful age, on oath depose, testify and say, that we are well and intimately acquainted with Abigail Emery of Coasco State and County aforesaid, and who is now a claimant for Bounty Land. We have known the said Abigail Emery for forty years last past, that she is the identical person she represents herself  her  the  her  the  the  widow of Joshua Emery who was himself to be in his application for said Land, and that he is reputed to have served as a soldier of the Revolution & a pensioner of the United States who has set forth in his declaration. We have no interest, direct or indirect in the claim that said Abigail Emery may have to Bounty Land. And we further declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by said Abigail Emery in our presence. Joshua Emery has been dead many years. Abigail Emery is a widow pensioner of the United States and has not been married since the death of her husband aforesaid — Ephraim Whitney Frost Staples
STATE OF MAINE.
County of Cumberland ss. April 4 th 1855.
THEN personally appeared the above-named Ephraim Whitney and Frost Staples known to me as credible witnesses; and to whom the foregoing affidavit was read as the same is written; who, understanding the same, subscribed their names thereto, and made oath that the same is true.
BEFORE ME,
John Sawyer
Justice of the Peace.

Dear Sir
This will be returned as a form I request you to send it and send me a return of all the information herein
F. B.